Haploidentical vs haplo-cord transplant in adults under 60 years receiving fludarabine and melphalan conditioning.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-25-2019

Abstract

Haplo-identical transplant with posttransplant cyclophosphamide (haplo) and umbilical cord blood transplant supported by third-party CD34 cells (haplo-cord) are competing approaches to alternative donor transplant. We compared, in adults younger than age 60 years, the outcomes of 170 haplo at 1 institution with that of 137 haplo-cord at 2 other institutions. All received reduced intensity conditioning with fludarabine and melphalan ± total body irradiation. GVHD prophylaxis for haplo consisted of cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate, whereas haplo-cord received antithymocyte globulin, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate. Haplo transplant used mostly bone marrow, and peripheral blood stem cells were used in haplo-cord transplants. Haplo-cord were older and had more advanced disease. Haplo-cord hastened median time to neutrophil (11 vs 18 days,

Volume

3

Issue

12

First Page

1858

Last Page

1867

ISSN

2473-9537

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

31217161

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute

Document Type

Article

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